Typical Costa Rican tamale
Back in June of this year I shared with you another tamale recipe. Well, since this is a favorite of Ticos everywhere, here's a second recipe for the typical Costa Rican tamale. The tamale is eaten a lot during the month of December as part of the Christmas dinners and end of year celebrations. Ticos have a lot of ways of preparing tamales, this is just another one of them, I hope you like it.Ingredients:4 cups of corn flour4 cups of potatoes puree5 cups of water½ cup and 6 tsp. of chicken broth1 cup of olive oil4 garlic1 sp. de grounded marjoramPlane leafsFor the filling:1 cup of cooked white ricePaprika1 roll of celery1 medium carrot1 small can of green peas½ red chili½ shredded chickenPreparation:1. For the dough, sauté with the oil, the good chopped garlic and the marjoram. Then add the other ingredients of the dough and mix.2. For the filling, chop the carrot in thin slices and the red chili in small stripes. Divide in different recipients the celery, the green peas and the rice3. Clean the leafs and cut them in the same4. Once that the dough is cold make it in balls of the same size (from 100 to 125 g each one)5. Now with all the ingredients ready, start to give a shape to the tamales. Put two leafs and, over them, one of the dough balls. Smash it a little to put the rice over and then all the vegetables and the chicken. Finally, put a little branch of celery as decoration.6. Close it carefully and make "piñas", so they won't open while cooking. They can also be frozen for 3 months, so any time you want to eat them, you just defrost and cook them. In this way, you will eat the tamales always fresh.7. Cook them for approximately 30 minutes
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Nice topic, because I love to eat and it is intersting, I would like to meet with you for preparing some tamales; because you really to make tamales.!!!
hello my friend your topic is very delicius for everyboby because in this country is tipically this dish.
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Your topic is special to december or depending of the occasion in that the people want to make tamales,the procedure is very hard because first of all we need at leas depending of the quantity of tamales we are going to make five persons working in it.I would like to make tamales with you when ever you want.By Mary.
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